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About half of Americans now say religion is not an important part of their daily life, a 17 point drop over the last decade. Such large declines in religiosity are rarely seen.

The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich

This “$1 trillion” thing is just a PR stunt, a way to make Musk and Tesla look much more impressive than they actually are. And Musk shouldn’t be Tesla’s CEO, let alone be given this much wealth.

We won’t be able to push Mamdani, or anyone else, to undermine police power unless we become a force to be reckoned with.

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Building a different kind of society on the edges of the American empire is an intimidating historical task. It’s understandable why people shy away from it. Yet thinking bigger is the only practical option if we want to escape our present impasse.

This book appeared in September. How the world around Mamdani has changed since then! This book lays out how it all happened, who was Zohran Mamdani, how he became an activist, how he was drawn to Bernie Sanders and DSA, how Zohran became Zohran...

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Building on the legacy of Black-owned bookstores, Charis Books, Red Emma’s, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism. Under Trump’s authoritarian regime, radical bookstores continue to be attacked.